making sure we send the right timestamp...

utcnow.py

import sqlalchemy.types
from sqlalchemy.sql import expression
from sqlalchemy.ext.compiler import compiles

class utcnow(expression.FunctionElement):
    type = sqlalchemy.types.DateTime()


@compiles(utcnow)
def utcnow__default(element, compiler, **kw):
    # sqlite uses UTC by default
    return "CURRENT_TIMESTAMP"


@compiles(utcnow, "postgresql")
def utcnow__postgresql(element, compiler, **kw):
    return "TIMEZONE('utc', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)"